"Pushpa Kamal says helps salvage the party"
UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday said he is ready to
step down if it helps salvage the party, which is on the verge of a
split.
Addressing a meeting of Central Committee members loyal to him, Dahal
said he will hold talks with the hardliners in the party and keep all
options open, including his resignation. The meeting also decided to
hold "decisive dialogue" with Mohan Baidya, the senior vice-chairman of
the party, to keep the party united.
Baidya's hard-line faction had on on Thursday said party unity could be possible if Dahal steps down as the party chairman and makes a public apology for his failure to take the peace and constitution writing processes to conclusion.
“We advised him (Dahal) to feel free to give up the post if it helps rescue the party and the chairman has agreed to do so. However, I don't think party unity is possible now,” said Politburo member Hemanta Prakash Oli, close to Dahal.
Hardline leaders, however, say Dahal must resign immediately if he wants to see the party intact. “We don't think he will resign, it is just a tactical statement aimed to cheat us again,” said Politburo member Hari Bhakta Kandel, close to Baidya.
In a bid to show their strength in the party rank and file and persuade cadres to join their camps, both the factions have called a broader gathering of cadres on different dates. While the establishment faction has called an extended meeting of the Central Committee through June 29-30, the hardliners have called a national assembly of cadres on June 25.
Leaders of both the factions are pointing fingers at each other for engineering a split in the party and deviating from the party's “core ideological line.”
The hardliners argue that as Dahal and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai walked on the "road to revisionism," thereby deviating from the party's core ideology, they have no option but to take new initiatives to attain the goals set by the party when the insurgency was launched.
The former rebels had launched the "people's war" in 1996 with a view to having in place a ''dictatorship of the proletariat," among other goals. Leaders of the Baidya faction are repeatedly accusing the Maoist establishment of ignoring the party's promises.
Unmindful of the accusations against them, leaders from the Dahal and Bhattarai camp have said the Baidya faction's exit from the party will not affect the party's organisational strength.
At a press meet on Friday, Baidya said they will figure out the future action plan. Central Committee member Bharat Bam said they will register a new party at the Election Commission immediately after the cadre assembly.
Addressing a meeting of Central Committee members loyal to him, Dahal
said he will hold talks with the hardliners in the party and keep all
options open, including his resignation. The meeting also decided to
hold "decisive dialogue" with Mohan Baidya, the senior vice-chairman of
the party, to keep the party united.Baidya's hard-line faction had on on Thursday said party unity could be possible if Dahal steps down as the party chairman and makes a public apology for his failure to take the peace and constitution writing processes to conclusion.
“We advised him (Dahal) to feel free to give up the post if it helps rescue the party and the chairman has agreed to do so. However, I don't think party unity is possible now,” said Politburo member Hemanta Prakash Oli, close to Dahal.
Hardline leaders, however, say Dahal must resign immediately if he wants to see the party intact. “We don't think he will resign, it is just a tactical statement aimed to cheat us again,” said Politburo member Hari Bhakta Kandel, close to Baidya.
In a bid to show their strength in the party rank and file and persuade cadres to join their camps, both the factions have called a broader gathering of cadres on different dates. While the establishment faction has called an extended meeting of the Central Committee through June 29-30, the hardliners have called a national assembly of cadres on June 25.
Leaders of both the factions are pointing fingers at each other for engineering a split in the party and deviating from the party's “core ideological line.”
The hardliners argue that as Dahal and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai walked on the "road to revisionism," thereby deviating from the party's core ideology, they have no option but to take new initiatives to attain the goals set by the party when the insurgency was launched.
The former rebels had launched the "people's war" in 1996 with a view to having in place a ''dictatorship of the proletariat," among other goals. Leaders of the Baidya faction are repeatedly accusing the Maoist establishment of ignoring the party's promises.
Unmindful of the accusations against them, leaders from the Dahal and Bhattarai camp have said the Baidya faction's exit from the party will not affect the party's organisational strength.
At a press meet on Friday, Baidya said they will figure out the future action plan. Central Committee member Bharat Bam said they will register a new party at the Election Commission immediately after the cadre assembly.
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